urform
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urform
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From ur- (“original”) + form.
noun urforms · ur-form
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The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated.
Then by careful comparison they constructed a genealogy, finally deriving the outline of the ur-form, from which all other variants stemmed.
Similar: protoform
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Talk about this word "urform." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/urform. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. urform. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/urform "urform." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/urform.
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@misc{urform_2026,
title = {urform},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urform},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
